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BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Authorities have arrested nearly 160 people in Berkeley, California, where crowds marched for a third night in a row to protest grand jury decisions not to indict white police officers in the deaths of two unarmed black men in other states. The California Highway Patrol says a large group of demonstrators blocked traffic on both sides of Interstate 80 after destroying perimeter fencing last night. The agency says protesters threw rocks and other objects at officers. It took about an hour and a half to clear the freeway.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are calling him a key player in the development of the health care law -- but Jonathan Gruber is telling a House panel today that he wasn't the "architect" of that law. And he's apologizing for what he calls his "inexcusable arrogance," in making comments to various groups last year that the law was passed partly because of the "stupidity of the American voter" and a "lack of transparency." The MIT economist now says the passage of the law was transparent, and that the issue was heavily debated in public.
NEW YORK (AP) — Britain's Prince William and his wife, Kate, have been visiting one of New York City's most somber sites — the National Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum. The royals walked across the memorial plaza in pouring rain and wind under black umbrellas. Sixty-seven British citizens died in the 2001 terror attack that claimed more than 2,700 other lives.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says warehouse workers who fill orders for retail giant Amazon don't have to be paid for time spent waiting to pass through security checks at the end of their shifts. The unanimous ruling is a victory for the growing number of retailers and other companies that routinely screen workers to prevent employee theft.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — As fire crews continue to douse hot spots at the scene of a fire that destroyed an unfinished apartment complex in Los Angeles, investigators are trying to find out whether an arsonist set the fire. It caused an estimated $10 million in damage to the apartment complex. The flames were so hot, they melted freeway signs and cracked windows in office high-rises a block away.
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